Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Crescent Bay (NZL) | 71° 37' 00.0" S | 170° 04' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 113075
Place ID: 3112
A small bay lying along the east shore of Duke of York Island, in the south part of Robertson Bay, in northern Victoria Land. First charted in 1899 by the BAE, 1898-1900, and named because of its shape. |
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| Crescent Bay (USA) | 71° 37' 00.0" S | 170° 04' 00.0" E | Bay |
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Name ID: 123929
Place ID: 3112
A cove in the NE side of Duke of York Island in Robertson Bay, northern Victoria Land. Charted and so named because of its shape by the BrAE, 1898-1900, under C.E. Borchgrevink. The feature is the site of an Adelie penguin rookery. |
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